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künstler (in grau: assistent/in): José Clemente Orozco, Jorge Juan Crespo de la Serna

titel: Prometheus

jahr: 1930

adresse: Pomona College, Frary Dining Hall, 333 N. College Avenue, Claremont, California, USA

+: Orozco had arrived in Los Angeles on March 22, 1930 to execute a mural at Pomona College’s new Frary Dining Hall through a commission arranged by Professor Jose Pijoan, then teaching at Pomona, and fellow Mexican artist Jorge Juan Crespo de la Serna, then teaching at Chouinard Art Institute. In a dialogue with Frary Hall architect Sumner Spaulding, Pijoan convinced him that a mural would be a fitting decoration and originally wanted Diego Rivera to perform the work. Crespo convinced Pijoan that Orozco would be better for the job. Arrangements were made to bring Orozco to the West Coast from New York to complete the massive Prometheus fresco. (from: Crosse, Richard Neutra and the California Art Club: A Pathway to the von Sternberg and Murphy Commissions)

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